Animation Cels of Devils, Restless Souls and Flames

Fantasia 1940 Disney Studios

Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky (ended by Ave Maria by Franz Schubert) is the eighth and final segment of Walt Disney's Fantasia. At midnight the devil Chernabog summons evil spirits and restless souls from their graves. The spirits dance and fly through the air until driven back by the sound of an Angelus bell as night fades into dawn. Animation cels from this sequence are both scary and rare.

Film title: Fantasia

Image title: Devils and Restless Souls from Night on Bald Mountain

Year: 1940

Width of Image: 6.50 inches

Height of Image: 6.25 inches

Width of Art: 7.50 inches

Height of Art: 6.75 inches

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Price: $3,000.00

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Many people have grown accustomed to hearing Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain during Halloween - it's definitely a dark piece of music. Rightfully so, the story behind Night on Bald Mountain is not one of light nature. Inspired by a short story by the Russian writer, Nikolai Gogol, in which witches would gather on Bald Mountain and hold sabbath, Mussorgsky was able to create a dreadfully haunting piece of music.